Costume suggestions from Duologues and Scenes from the Novels of Jane Austen
by Rosina Filippi, 1895.
Illustrations by Miss Margaret Fletcher.

Miss Rosina Filippi was a Victorian actress and the first person to adapt Jane Austen's novels for the stage. Her book features seven vignettes from Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, and Pride and Prejudice. More information is available on my NA Adaptations page .

Miss Filippi's general notes on costumes for ladies and gentlemen
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Northanger Abbey
Literary Tastes
   
Isabella and Catherine
 

Isabella is wearing a pelisse of lilac-coloured sarsanet, trimmed with white swansdown; a French cambric frock fastened down the front with small round pearl buttons, and with a border of gold-coloured embroidery round the skirt, which is of walking length. The bodice is cut low, a muslin chemisette with high collar and frill being worn to cover the neck.
The hat of straw or white beaver is tied under the chin by a tan-coloured ribbon, which passes over the crown; a tuft of white ostrich feathers on the left side; tan gloves and tan shoes.

Catherine wears a large natural-coloured straw hat, with jonguille green ribbon and white feathers. A dress of cambric muslin spotted with pale yellow flowers, short full sleeves, and a primrose-coloured shawl; white or tan gloves.

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Solitary Elegance
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